The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1887-05-20

poCketS, snow Gay.
Miss Abbie Tillotson is in Detroit
for medical treatment.
If you want handsome shawl OF
summer wrap call at Osburn & Sons.
Chas. Connor says its new peanut
rooster that G.. & c. have put in this
time.
Robbins Junior Band will give an
open air concert Tuesday evening,
May "a.
New Lothrop will celebrate Me-
mortal Day. Hon. w. c. Gage will
be the orator.
Rev. Wilson preached the funeral
sermon Of Samuel Donogh at Ches-
aiming, Saturday.
The city scraper has been used on
the streets to good advantage since
the rain Tuesday.
VIM. ], McCurdy has the contract
TO build Joe Amos new house,. on
Exchange street.
John Walsh, and F. Henspetre, Of
Bennington, raised the frames for
large barns last week.
Crawford Post, of Perry, will com
memorate Decoration Day. Rev. ].
G. Morgan will be orator.
The hotel property at Durand has
been purchased by Geo. E. Thomas,
of this city. Price, $4,000.
]. Spross has resigned as leader OF
the K. +. band and ]. l.. Decker has
been elected to fill the vacancy.
Mrs. ]. F. Laubengayer is in
Chicago, called there by the sickness
of her daughter, Mrs. Harry Osburn.
David Johnson. of Perry, has been
granted an increase in his pension,
and pension has been granted to
VIM. Rork, of Shaftsburg.
VIM. Howell and A. ]. Winslow
came home from Saginaw Saturday
evening and returned Monday. Both
Of these gentlemen have good situa-
tions there.
The school board has rendered to
Profs. Swain, Bates, Hartman, and
Misses Blenkiron and Taylor, the
same positions in the high school
filled by them this year.
A branch post office has been es.
tablished on the West Side at the
drug store of Geo. Lusk. All parties
desiring to have their mail sent there
can do so by leaving their names at
his store.
City treasurer Cossitt has purchased
the news stand and business of l.. A.
Hamblin in the post office block.
Mr.. Hamblin has purchased c. d.
Twins business. Both gentlemen
took possession yesterday.
Albert Frieseke, of Jacksonville,
Florida, has been visiting his broth
ers, Julius and Herman, and renew
ing old acquaintance around the
city during the past week. Every
one seems glad to see him.
The next semi-annual meeting of
the State Business Mems Association
is to be held at Flint, in September.
1t was hoped that it would be held
here, but our sister city was more
fortunate and the gathering will be
there.
Decoration day is to be observed
in Owosso in fitting way. A COM
mittee on arrangements consisting of
o. F. Webster, M. H. Ridley and
W. Richardson has been appointed
to prepare a program. which we will
print next week. Capt. f. M. Allen,
of Portland, is to be the orator. Il.
M. Wiley will be marshal of the day.
AT the annual meeting of the Trav.
cling Mems Protective Association
held in Grand Rapids, last week,
several hundred members were in
and the meeting was a
lively one. w. S. Gould, of this city
was elected director of the associa-
ton, and S. E. Parkill a delegate to
the National Association, which
meets in St. Louis, Missouri, the lat
ter part of next month. AT the ban
quet, Friday evening, S. E. Parkill
responded to the toast, "The Ladies'"
and of it the Grand Rapids Telegram
Herald says: "Certainly, the most
beautiful and noble speech of the
evening was that of Stanley E. Par.
kill, of Cwosso, who talked of The
Ladies' 1t won the smiles Of the
representatives of the fair sex present,
and the most admiration and general
applause of the evening"" This, we
consider to be exceedingly compli- |
mentary to our young townsman,
when we notice among the list of
speakers the names of Gov. Luce,
Congressman Burrows ard Ford, Hon.
Clarence Bennett, of Jackson, Frank
Hamilton, of Traverse City. and
othare from MICHIGAN. besides several